apparently on the night that obama was -- gave his wonderful speech in newtown was the night that malia was in the nutcracker suite, and he wasn't able to see it. so he went over to the school in the afternoon to watch the last dress rehearsal. and there's a wonderful picture of him sitting by himself and looking out and also taking notes and working on his speech for that night. >> my god, you look at that picture, and you know, just like you knew when he held the press conference, that when he gave that press conference and giving it as the president of the united states, he was giving it as the father of two young girls. >> right. >> and it touched all of us so much. and your cover this week, actually, a dork like jon meacham and myself will recognize, it's different than other person of the year photos. >> yes. >> covers. and it seems to reflect the time that we're in right now. >> yes. i mean, it's a somber and resolute president. it's a darkish picture. we used a silver border, a silver logo. we have four internal covers so that we thought that silver made it seem even more specia